Crossmodal bindings and plasticity during visual-haptic interaction for novel forms of therapy (C08*)

• Subject Area: Molecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells ; General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology ; Human Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience ; Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 261402652

The Project aims to investigate how high-fidelity virtual representations of the upper limbs can be used to increase the sense of body ownership as well as agency, and to what extent such representations can be used therapeutically in patients with phantom limb pain and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. We will use psychophysics and functional magnetic resonance imaging to optimize the representation of virtual upper limbs, which will then be tested and validated. Finally, we will develop virtual reality therapeutic applications to alleviate pain in patient samples while assessing neuroplasticity effects of the training intervention.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 169: Crossmodal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction
• International Connection: China
• Applicant Institution: Universität Hamburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Lihan Chen; Professorin Dr. Simone Kühn; Professor Dr. Frank Steinicke; Professor Dr. Kunlin Wei